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Delhi NCR schools switch to hybrid mode amid GRAP 4 restrictions

Previously, all schools in Delhi had shifted to hybrid mode on November 25, before resuming in-person classes on December 5

Students of Classes 10 and 12 have to attend school.

The Delhi Education Department has ordered Delhi-NCR schools to switch to hybrid mode following the re-imposition of anti-pollution measures under stage 4 of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP).

As per the revised GRAP schedule, classes for students in classes 6 to 9 and class 11 in Delhi, Gurugram, Faridabad, Ghaziabad and Gautam Buddh Nagar must operate in hybrid mode (physical and online) under Stage 4. However, students of Classes 10 and 12 have to attend school. “The option to exercise the online mode of education, wherever applicable, shall vest with the students and their guardians,” the order stated.

This decision was taken after the air quality breached the 400-mark at 10 pm on Monday (December 16).

Previously, all schools in Delhi had shifted to hybrid mode on November 25, before resuming in-person classes on December 5.

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Meanwhile, around 20 Delhi schools, including RK Puram’s Delhi Public School, received yet another bomb threat via email on Monday. The police said that the email was sent to the schools around 1:30 am and the first call alerting the police of the situation was reported around 7 am.

With this, around 100 schools in Delhi-NCR have received similar threats via email on four separate occasions since December 9. Around 40 schools received an email threatening to detonate multiple bombs planted in school campuses across Delhi on December 9. Four days later, 30 more schools received bomb threats via email.